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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – About an hour after Virginia's 61-59 loss last season to Michigan State in the NCAA tournament regional semifinals, Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett offered a status report on his program. It was approaching 1 a.m. in the city that never sleeps. Bennett's heavy eyelids indicated he had no desire to live up to New York's restless reputation. He needed a solid 10 hours of hibernation, but he still smiled as he stared across a narrow hallway deep inside Madison Square Garden at a Knicks-blue wall and talked about the future. "We're scratching and knocking at that door," said Bennett while talking about his aspirations to get his team even...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – About an hour after Virginia's 61-59 loss last season to Michigan State in the NCAA tournament regional semifinals, Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett offered a status report on his program.
It was approaching 1 a.m. in the city that never...

Virginia Tech basketball’s first encounter with Michigan State could not be more ill-timed for the orange-and-maroon crowd.
As announced Thursday, the Hokies and Spartans will play Nov. 22 at the Barclays Center, home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, in the...

As soon as he watched No. 1 Michigan State's wins against Columbia and Portland, Virginia Tech's Adam Smith had a distinct feeling about the Hokies' chances Friday when they play Michigan State.
Though Tech (3-1) will arrive at the Barclays Center in...

NEW YORK — Madison Square Garden hasn't hosted an NCAA tournament game of Sweet 16 magnitude since 1955, but if any team is prepared for this moment on this stage, it's Michigan State.
The world's most famous arena? Friday's regional semifinal against...

NEW YORK — Even as the heartache of Friday’s 61-59 loss to Michigan State in the NCAA tournament East Region semifinals was at its peak, Virginia coach Tony Bennett couldn’t help but consider the strides his program and its central characters have...

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As Napier climbed a stepladder Sunday afternoon to cut down a net in Madison...

EAST LANSING, Mich. Tom Izzo was after the teammate. You know, the high schooler who sported bodybuilder biceps and could steal rebounds off the top of the backboard. At least it looks that way when Brendan Dawson leaps in traffic, rising until...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Using the Jeff Jacobs eyeball metric, a metric not nearly as scientific as FiveThirtyEight over at ESPN, Rick Pitino is the best game manager in college basketball.Of course, when I wrote that three years ago, Jim Calhoun opened a...

Immediately after their three-game road trip, the Lakers sent rookie guard Jordan Clarkson to the NBA Development League to join the D-Fenders for a 141-140 win over the Reno Bighorns.
Clarkson has drifted out of the Lakers' rotation over the last 10...

Jim Delany emphasized a single word.
"This is college basketball," the Big Ten commissioner said Thursday during the conference's basketball media day, "and 'college' implies going to school and making progress. We want a squarer deal (for...

His father has said it's between Duke and Michigan State. Jabari Parker countered by saying recently that there still were five schools in contention for his oral commitment. The world will find out at 3 p.m. Thursday where the Simeon senior has decided...